In the Garden
A writer on shrubs (in The Times) has said that the queen of the autumn-flowering species is the Euchryphia, which he associated with a late flowering species of the Deutzia. To my eyes, the common bush Hypericum, or St. John's Wort, is as queenly as any. The several varieties share its chief virtues : they become stout bushes and blossom very freely, and the large golden flowers suggest mid-summer. Among yellow flowers of the season, the delicate, but less splendid, broom Aetnensis is worth its place in any garden at this season. I have a fondness for the golden or fulvous Cassinia, though it is more curious than beautiful. The little discs of white flowers have nearly as honey-like a smell as the Buddleia, and it is much more pervasive. You are aware of it anywhere in its vicinity. The yellow-brown leaves almost suggest a heath. A precious tree that flowers later than these is Prunus Subhirtella Autumnalis. If it can be given a dark background it is incomparable among the late-autumnal group. It is a mark of this autumn that even the single briars, including the Scotch and sweet briar, are enjoying a second bloom.
W. BEACH THOMAS.
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